1998 Italian Open – Men's singles


Marcelo Ríos won the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 Italian Open after Albert Costa withdrew from the final due to a right wrist injury.
Álex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Karim Alami.

Seeds

  1. Pete Sampras '
  2. Petr Korda '
  3. Marcelo Ríos
  4. Patrick Rafter '
  5. Greg Rusedski '
  6. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  7. Jonas Björkman '
  8. Gustavo Kuerten '
  9. Álex Corretja '
  10. Karol Kučera '
  11. Richard Krajicek '
  12. Alberto Berasategui '
  13. Félix Mantilla '
  14. Carlos Moyà '
  15. Michael Chang '
  16. Cédric Pioline ''''

Qualifying

Lucky loser

  1. '''Sjeng Schalken'''